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They called him "Whizzer"
Star NFL running back
Judicial restraint
Biography
Ex-union lawyer
From Kennedy Cabinet
Left Court for U.N.
Johnson confidant
Appointment to Chief scuttled
Resigned post-scandals
NAACP
First minority Justice
Served twenty-four years
Nixon Appointee
Half of "Minnesota Twins"
Authored Roe v. Wade
Southern gentleman
Former tobacco lawyer
Consensus builder
Picked by Gerald Ford
Saw Babe Ruth call his home run
Third-longest tenure
First female Justice
Often the deciding vote
Reagan appointee
New Hampshire jurist
Sununu recommended
Surprise liberal